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<br />3--J <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />OCTOBER 8. 1968 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REGARDING AUTHORIZATION BY THE 1968 VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY <br />OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT STATE-SUPPORTED MENTAL <br />HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS AND AT STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER <br />~DUCATION IN VIRGINIA. <br /> <br />WHERF~S, pursuant to Chapters 16 and 17 of the Acts of the Virginia General <br />Assembly (1968), as approved February 9, 1968, and subject to approval by <br />a majority of the qualified voters of the State of Virginia voting at an <br />elec~ion to be held Tuesday, November 5, 1968, the Virginia legislature <br />has authorized the issuance of $81,000,000.00 in State bonds for the paying <br />of the cost of acquiring and constructing capital improvements at State- <br />supported mental hospitals and institutions and at State-supported <br />institutions of higher education within the State of Virginia; <br /> <br />WHEREAS, individual members of the Council of the City of Martinsville, <br />as private citizens, having carefully considered this proposition, are <br />firmly convinced not only of the fiscal soundness thereof but also of its <br />imperativeness, both in method and purpose, to the lasting beneficence of <br />the State of Virginia and its inhabitants; and <br /> <br />wdEREAS, while being of such conviction and having so publicly stated, <br />the individual members of said Council, as well as the Council as a govern- <br />mental body, recognize and appreciate the probability that not all local <br />citizens might be of the same conviction in this matter; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, with respectful deference for those citizens who might not wish <br />to support this bond issue, the Council desires, nevertheless, to <br />emphasize its belief and faith in this proposition, as hereinabove stated; <br />nOl^" therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, VirgLnia, in <br />regular meeting assembled this eighth day of October, 1968, that--without <br />design or intention, whatsoever, of infringing upon the prerogative of <br />any citizen--it doth hereby heartily commend the proposed bond program <br />to the local constituency as one of great significance and as a <br />requisite implement to the progress of our Commonwealth. <br /> <br />Council referred to the Planning Commission, for its consideration and recommendation, <br /> <br />a request submitted by Mr. L. D. Fisher, Jr., and Roselawn Development Corporation, <br /> <br />owners, requesting the rezoning from f1C-1" to f1C-3f1 of certain of their property <br /> <br />located at the northeast corner of Liberty Street and Clearview Drive. <br /> <br />Council, after reviewing the following bids received for the construction of <br /> <br />water and sewer lines, accepted the lowest bid submitted, viz., Prillaman & <br /> <br />Pace, Inc. (in the amount of $.37,916.53): <br />